Quoting ETinCaribe (Reply 2):What is the main concern with Afriqiyah? Is it structural or just related to the political instability in Libya? Honest question.

It is probably too volatile for a resurgence just yet. Perhaps by the time this order is delivered (hopefully) the rebuilding of Libya will be well started

Quoting ETinCaribe (Reply 2):why not A332? as it has the longer flying range which will come in handy...as it is there is not a single route that warrants an A333 being used that an A332 cannot adequately cater towards!

Quoting PM (Reply 9):Quoting behramjee (Reply 3):
there is not a single route that warrants an A333 being used that an A332 cannot adequately cater towards!

Nowadays the opposite is mostly true. Why fly an A332 when you can puit more seats in an A333?

I don't necessarily think more = better. Equipment should be chosen depending on the airline & route dynamics. Given the demand on any route being equal it may be advantageous to have lower capacity depending on competition. If we are talking about an established carrier on a highly competitive route, sure more capacity works. I think for Afriqiyah the A332 would serve their needs better as they unfortunately need to start again from square one after the revolution like the rest of Libya. As demand grows they can upguage.

Good to see things are improving for Afriqiyah. Not entirely sure if we will see these A333's fly for them because I was under the impression that the airline was in a right old state financially. I believe that the A332 would be much better suited to the airline as I don't think they'll have bigger enough loads to justify the extra seats, plus they'll miss some range but I can't wait to see the -300 in Afriqiyah colours.

If Afriqiyah has any future other than pure Libya OD, then it is the low price connection between Europe and the southern half of Africa. All this is within A333 range from Libya. Operation costs of A332 and A333 are practically the same, so having 40 more seats for free helps on the competitiveness.

I really hope Libya gets the peace it deserves after this terrible civil war - if it finds inner peace all the rest to florish is available.